In 2014, a very clever and very determined tuxedo tabby kitten named Mulder apparently enjoys opening doors by hanging off the doorknob. To try and curb this and other behaviors, Mulder’s human Sven put a homemade water trap in front of a closed door. This wasn’t enough to stop Mulder, however. The precocious little cat…

While many of us have a nebulous familiarity with the universe, a very clever animation by the Royal Observatory Greenwich explains the height and purposes of the different layers of the Earth’s atmosphere before it is officially considered to be “space”. These layers include the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and the Kármán Line. The thermosphere, which…

While promoting his PBS POV special, a rather forthright Bill Nye sat down with Vanity Fair to humorously define a series of scientifically specific slang, expressions and jokes that he’s userd throughout his career. Bill Nye teaches you scientific slang words and terms. Find out what “arsole,” “hinny,” “champagne tap” and more words mean.

Postmodern Jukebox joined up with stunning Swedish jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, Gunhild Carling, to perform a fabulous vintage cabaret cover of Europe‘s 1986 song “The Final Countdown.” Carling belted out incredible vocals and played her trombone with fierce power. Their cover is available to purchase from iTunes. Here is the original song.

Adult Swim shared a strange music video that features the musical duo, Clown Core, performing their bizarre song “Hell” while inside of a large Porta Potty. Their song is available to purchase on Amazon and iTunes. According to Urban Dictionary, clowncore is a style of music “having fast paced beats and usually containing a combination…

The consistently excellent film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism turned their insightful eyes to the amazingly, multi-layered use of symbolism within the blockbuster Marvel film Black Panther. The film brilliantly addressed the difficult task of maintaining the identity of a culture in the wake of colonialism, how a community carries a great deal of influence…

A group of determined people tried to walk and crawl their way up a steep, icy hill in Swanage, England. Unfortunately, their valiant attempts were unsuccessful. The Swanage ice dancing team getting in some practice for the next winter Olympics. via Boing Boing

In a highly prescient episode of their incredibly insightful animated series, the ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt makes a very good case for engaging in the unintuitive practice of egotistic altruism. This oddly unselfishly selfish practice essentially states that doing good and promoting the well-being of others is a positive sum game that can substantially improve…